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The World is a Canvas

Wandering the back alleys of Burano, I found this. Sometimes I wonder, do the people who leave these things out, for me to see, know what they are doing? Do they see what I see in them? The fusion of textures, the contrasts, the repetition of color? Sometimes I think they do, and I am lucky enough to see it with them. Sometimes I think no, this may just be a chair someone set here, to sit outside their house on a summer evening. I wonder.

This morning I picked up Eric Booth’s book, The Everday Work of Art, for the first time in a long while. Here is something I read on this topic:

The moment we see that the world we inhabit is not just a sequence of hard, dead surfaces with fixed absolutes, but that it also can be seen “as if” it contains many non-logical truths, many mysteries, we head into a better future. The “as if” transforms artifacts into live media for the work of art.

I don’t quite know if that makes sense outside of the context of the book, but I see it in this photo. This chair, in this location can be a place to sit, or it can be seen as a work of art. How do you see the world?

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  1. funnily enough we have just had breakfast in a cafe and I found myself focusing not on the food but on the salt and the flower in a jar as a work of art and wished I had my camera with me.

  2. I can't imagine seeing the world as a sequence of hard, dead surfaces with fixed absolutes! It sounds dreadful. I find myself more and more these days looking at textures, shapes, arrangements and this is all because I picked up a camera and started taking photographs.

  3. It took a long time, but I am finally beginning to see scenes such as this. It opens up a whole new world.

  5. I love this photo, Kat. I've just spent the last 40 minutes or so catching up with all the posts I've missed this month. I wish I had the time to comment on all of them, but know I enjoy your thought-provoking writing and beautiful photography.

  6. I get it, Katrina! Glad that you do, too – it makes life richer. Keep enjoying your journey :).

  9. How amazing, I was just looking at photos of Burano last night. Looks like such a beautiful place.

    Great composition.

  10. When I saw this thumbnail at Darcy's, I thought, oooh I would like to live there. What a beautiful shot. I think your quote makes perfect sense. I love seeing the world in a way that takes it from the ordinary to the extra ordinary. My camera allows me to do that.
    Dana

  11. This is simply beautiful and oh so intriguing Kat! Your composition is perfect and I love the simplicity of the photo in general.

    I think the quote is perfect here.

  13. i think the world is differnet seen through the eye of an artist, whether a painter, singer, photographer…all the world becomes a canvas. Thanks for the thoughts!